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[Big Gay Al]

Casey
Samantha says: On June 20, 2009, we brought home an adorable seven-week-old tiger kitten, whom we named Casey. He was found with his littermates abandoned at two weeks old. Casey is now a two-year-old strictly indoor cat whose obsessions include rubber bands, chasing the laser mouse around the living room floor, and napping! When he's tired he'll sleep anywhere and in the most random positions. He is obsessed with his Bolt plush that is almost as big as he is! He carries it around and drops it at our feet. He also loves posing for pictures -- the pawparazzi doesn't faze him at all. Casey is definitely the king of the house.
Courtesy of: Samantha Decker


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[Georgie Thompson]

Derby have been busy in the transfer market but are still looking to bring in at least four more players.

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[NASA]

The compositional diversity of Mars was poorly known until a fleet of missions began mapping the surface with thermal and near-infrared spectrometers a dozen years ago.CRISM on MRO is the latest of these instruments and targeted this particular region because exotic minerals had been detected nearby. Both sulfates and hydrated silica have been identified in this area by their near-infrared spectral signatures. The minerals were discovered near the rim of the giant Valles Marineris canyon system, in light toned layered deposits thought to be Hesperian in age (around 3 billion years old). The sulfates are spectrally similar to jarosite, a potassium iron sulphate hydroxide. The silica appears to lack a clear crystal structure and is thought to be made up of amorphous opal, which can contain up to 20 percent water.If these interpretations are correct, the mineral assemblage suggests precipitation of the minerals from low temperature acidic fluids or formation by low temperature aqueous alteration of basalt. HiRISE images of light toned layered deposits elsewhere near the Valles Marineris show inverted channels and other morphological indications that the sediments were once saturated with water.This HiRISE image gives some clues to how the minerals are expressed on the surface. The banded bedrock is visible beneath a partial cover of much younger dunes. Bright, relatively white bands can be seen to alternate with slightly redder layers. These bright bands could be concentrations of opal. The darker bands might correspond to concentrations of brown jarosite. The minerals may have segregated because of gradients in the temperature or acidity of the fluid.These Martian deposits are not likely to be made up of pure opal of gemstone quality. However, opals and cherts on Earth are well known to preserve fossils and other biological evidence. Even a small sample of one of the bright bands in this scene would be priceless.Written by: Paul Geissler

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[NASA]

This image combines visible light exposures of galaxy cluster Abell 2744 taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, with X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and a mathematical reconstruction of the location of dark matter.The galaxies in the cluster, while they are the only part that is visible in the optical part of the spectrum, actually only provide around 5% of the mass in the cluster.Hot intracluster gas (shown in pink, and responsible for around 20% of the mass in the cluster) is visible through its X-ray emissions, observed by NASA’s Chandra satellite.The blue overlay shows a map of the mass in the cluster. This is reconstructed based on detailed analysis of the way that the cluster bends light from galaxies in the distant background. Evidence of this light bending can be seen in arc-like distortions in parts of this image. Since dark matter makes up the lion’s share of mass in the cluster — around 75% — this blue overlay reveals the location of the otherwise invisible dark matter.Analysis of this data has allowed scientists to observe some strange phenomena in Abell 2744, including a pocket of dark matter with no gas or galaxies, and a clump of galaxies with no associated gas. Astronomers believe that Abell 2744 formed from the simultaneous pile-up of at least four separate clusters.

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[BluffMagazine]

Mercier is superstitious about coloring up his chipsThere is not a lot to say about Jason Mercier that hasn’t already been said. The 24-year-old poker pro has become one of the game’s most recognizable faces over the past couple of years thanks to a run comparable to that of Daniel Negreanu’s impressive streak of [...]

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[WickedChopsPoker]

Barry Greenstein (center foreground) finds himself still chasing the dream in Event #39.










Jason Mericer‘s second bracelet win grabbed all the attention on Wednesday. Can the man they myth the legend, Black Phil Ivey, Big Sldick, the one and only Dwyte Pilgrim do the same today? You know the answer to that.

:: Event #36 ($2,500 NLH) - An impressive field with 39 remaining. Thomas Miller has built an enormous chip lead, meaning he probably won’t win the bracelet, since tournaments are never won on Day 2. Or are they? Miller is stacked at 1,350,000. He’s followed by Randy Dorfman with 566,000. Far behind but still among the big stacks is the aformentioned the many the myth the legend, Black Phil Ivey, Big Sldick, the one and only Dwyte Pilgrim (340,000). Other notables include Nam Le (290,000), Tom Marchese (230,000), and David “The Dragon” Pham* (100,000). Get full chip counts here.

:: Event #37 ($10,000 H.O.R.S.E.) – They’re in the money with 23 remaining. Michael Binger, who had a minor controversy with Daniel Negreanu during Day 2, ended play as big stack with 742,000. He’s followed by Fabrice Soulier, a frog, with 560,000.

:: Event #38 ($1,500 NLH) – Move along, nothing to see here yet.

:: Event #39 ($2,500 PLH/PLO) – No surprise seeing the Intense Stare of Scott Clements among the leaders in a PLO event. He’ll start Day 2 with 108,700 in chips, just behind Mitch Schock (121,600), Ashkan Razavi (115k) and end of Day 1 chipleader David Williams (137,700), who’s looking to turn things around after running the opposite of good at the series so far. 130 players remain from the original 606 (big jump from last year’s 482) with 63 getting paid. Chip counts here.

Finally, tonight is one of your last chances to win your way into the 2011 WSOP Main Event online. Visit RISE Poker, download the client, sign-up for a VIP membership and you’re auto-entried into the ME seat giveaway (9pm ET).



* Not a real dragon.























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[CardPlayer]

To celebrate the Poker School’s launch, we will be sending two students to the 2011 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. So far, one grand-prize winner has been determined …

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[Carl Culture]

Today's picture was taken in 1903 during Teddy Roosevelt's trip to Colorado. It appears to me that Teddy was quite fond of cowboys, and when he traveled he appeared to seek them out. In the picture above he is enjoying a Cowboy Breakfast near Hugo, Colorado. I believe he is somewhat overdressed for the occasion.






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[Carl Culture]

A Smoke ::: Fredcan ::: An old man is smoking a bidi (traditional Indian cigarette) in a colourful chai or tea shop.

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[Percy The Perv]

Critics Choice Television Awards Luncheon Beverly Hills Hotel





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